TAG: HIV
Abortion and HIV at the AIDS Conference
By Aziza Ahmed* The International AIDS Conference in 2010 held one of the first plenary sessions dedicated to abortion and HIV. The plenary focused on the needs of HIV positive women to obtain a full range of reproductive health services, including abortion, as central to a human rights based response to the HIV epidemic. The […]
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Sexuality and Development: Brazilian National Response to HIV/AIDS amongst Sex Workers
The report “Sexuality and Development: Brazilian National Response to HIV/AIDS amongst Sex Workers” presents the main findings of a case study conducted during 2008-2009 by The Brazilian Interdisciplinary AIDS Association (ABIA), which is one component of a global research initiative sponsored by the Institute for Development Studies (IDS) “Sexuality and Development” Program.
Read moreLeader of an organization defending gays’ rights killed in Karaganda
Kazakhstan: The leader of the Pearl, an NGO that protects LGBTand conducts work on the prevention of HIV infection, was found dead in his apartment in the center of Karaganda. Read more.
Read moreAnand Grover and the 14th session of the UN Human Rights Council
The UN Special Rapporteur to health, Anand Grover, has dedicated his thematic report at the 14th session of the UN Human Rights Council to issues related to same-sex conduct, sex work and HIV transmission. Watch the webcast of this session and read more below. > Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone […]
Read moreThe trajectory of the US HIV/AIDS policy since 2008
Nearly a year ago, Obama lifted the “global gag rule,” which prohibited the US from funding any organizations that provide or “promote” abortions. This move, combined with Obama’s appointment of Eric Goosby to the position of Global AIDS Coordinator and Ambassador-at-Large, signaled that the US government was becoming less conservative in its approach to fighting […]
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USA: On December 18th 2009, the SPW website posted an article written by Natalie Wittlin about the retention of the ‘prostitution pledge’ in the new proposed US HIV/AIDS policy guidelines announced by the Obama Administration on November 23rd. On December 29th, the Brazilian newspaper O Estado de São Paulo published an article entitled The United States will provide funds to prostitutes, which the content contradicted SPW’s analysis of PEPFAR.
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USA: Even with Obama, the prostitution pledge remains on place in the case of PEPFAR, the US Funding for HIV/AIDS.
Read moreObama announces he will lift ban on HIV+ visitors to the U.S.
USA: President Obama announced in October 30, 2009 the end of a 22-year ban on travel to the United States by people who had tested positive for the virus that causes AIDS. At a White House ceremony, he announced that a rule canceling the ban would be published in November 2, 2009 and would take effect after a routine 60-day waiting period.
Read moreSecond panel — Science and Sexual Politics
Second panel — Science and Sexual Politics Afternoon – August 24, 2009 In the panel that followed, these points were further examined from rather distinct angles. The session was coordinated by Rogério Diniz Junqueira, researcher at the Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais Anísio Teixeira (INEP- Brazilian Ministry of Eduaction). Commentators were Tamara Adrian […]
Read moreLetter from the US: Nature and Bono conspire against sound HIV/AIDS policy
Letter from the US: Nature and Bono conspire against sound HIV/AIDS policy By Melissa Ditmore* Brazil has been an inspiration for me, as an activist focused on sex workers’ rights, because sex workers are genuinely included in your public health measures addressing HIV/AIDS. At home in the US, I was excited about the reauthorization of […]
Read moreA Letter from the Field by Organizations Affected by PEPFAR’s Restrictions
To US Congress Re: PEPFAR January 31, 2008 Dear Member of the US Congress: We are members of non-governmental and community-based organizations from throughout the developing world. We are writing out of concern about the so-called anti-prostitution pledge within the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the ways it affects our work. The […]
Read more“Sexual minorities” at the Global Fund
by Susana Fried On July 24-25, 2008, in Kathmandu, Nepal, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and the Open Society Institute (OSI) held a consultation to provide input into the development of the Global Fund’s sexual minorities strategy. By way of background, at the Global Fund’s Board meeting in November 2007 (Kunming, […]
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